22 February 2017

If you're interested, Philadelphia-artist Matthew Borgen's current solo exhibition is worth a visit. Cities in the Sky is an exhibition of new digital prints by Matthew Borgen on view at the Barbara Crawford Gallery on the campus of the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy through April 2017. "The works in this exhibition utilize visual language and common metaphors from comics, sequential art, and science fiction to discuss issues surrounding the notion of cultural bubbles." You can see some of his work and find out more details here.

ABOUT

Inspired by the "A Painting a Day" movement, I started making daily paintings for my blog on 9/23/07.

Nine years later,
my blog has had over three-quarters of a million visitors from over 100 countries. My paintings have been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine's "Live Your Best Life—Women Who Make Beautiful Things," Seth Godin's bestseller, Linchpin: Are You Indispensible?, and FOX's Good Day Philadelphia, among many others. I was recently named #5 on the list of 49 Creative Geniuses by Boost Blog Traffic.

More importantly, painting has become my meditative time and the best part of my day. Attempting to paint every day speaks to my interest in ritual, practice, classical still life and trompe l'oeil painting. In sharing my work on my blog, I explore the nuances and complexities of ever-changing internet globalization. My paintings are usually sold by eBay auctions, and are in over eight hundred private and public collections around the globe.

I am fortunate to have studied with
David A. Leffel at the Art Students League of New York, and this experience continues to have the greatest impact on my work.